While at our service today and my mind was in a lot of places (yes, sigh), I thought of this word that could perhaps define and capture the LGBT experience in the Philippines: KATULAD. We think that it is beautiful how the word -is inspired by our past, -defines the present, and -outlines a better future...

On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and in celebration of Diversity, the Netherlands Embassy in the Philippines
in cooperation with the Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the Philippines-Netherlands Business Council organizes this panel discussion: “Out in Business: Business Believes in Diversity”

The Chair of the Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Brian Tenorio, was invited to be a panel speaker at “On the Margins of Development: Asia-Pacific LGBT Inclusion, Poverty Reduction and Prosperity”, hosted in recognition of 16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women, to be held at the Asian Development Bank on December 5 2016....

The Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce (www.diversity.ph) is currently organizing the Philippine Diversity Index report that should determine the LGBT population of the Philippines. The research and survey work for the report will be with a market research firm with input from other LGBT organizations (to provide the LGBT-lens for the research, approach, methodology, and...